Illini climb to 10th at NCAA men’s golf

HUTCHINSON, KAN. — The University of Illinois men’s golf team moved up to 10th place after two rounds at the NCAA Championships at Prairie Dunes Country Club on Sunday.

The Fighting Illini were forced to finish their second round on Sunday after inclement weather caused a suspension of play on Saturday.

Illinois will need to climb two more spots in order to advance to the match-play team championship. The Illini are 5-over par for the tournament and sit just two strokes back of UCLA, which is sitting in the eighth and final advancing spot. But there are nine teams within six strokes of the Bruins.

Sophomore Thomas Detry led the way for Illinois on Sunday, firing the lowest round ever by an Illini at the NCAA Championships, a 5-under-par 65.

Sophomore Charlie Danielson shot his second consecutive 70 and is in a tie for 27th.